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Westwood Studios

1986 / 1985 tot 3 1987 / 1985 tot 19 1988 / 1985 tot 36 1989 / 1985 tot 50 1990 / 1985 tot 57 1991 / 1985 tot 69 1992 / 1985 tot 76 1993 / 1985 tot 81 1994 / 1985 tot 85 1995 / 1985 tot 90 1996 / 1985 tot 95 1997 / 1985 tot 102 1998 / 1985 tot 104 1999 / 1985 tot 106 2000 / 1985 tot 108 2001 / 1985 tot 110 2002 / 1985 tot 113 2015 / 1985 tot 114 2016 / 1985 tot 115
Founded in 1985 closed in 2003
Status: dead
Country: USA

119
games
31
active years
3.7
per year
aka(s): Westwood Associates, Westwood

Known as Westwood Associates until 1992

Brands owned by Electronic Arts at the time of closing

Merged to EA Los Angeles in 2003.

It is known for Command & Conquer, Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Dunjonquest, Eye of the Beholder, Kyrandia, Lands of Lore, Pac-Man, Phantasie, Pool of Radiance, Resident Evil, Resident Evil: Main series, Roadwar

Releases per year

19863
198716
198817
198914
19907
199112
19927
19935
19944
19955
19965
19977
19982
19992
20002
20012
20023
20151
20161

115 video games with valid date were considered (96.6%)

Overall rankings

9
56
12
0
0

Common gametypes

role-play25%strategy18%adventure13%action/reflex10%edutainment9%other22%

Top platforms

MS-DOS 29
Amiga 18
Windows 14
Atari ST 12
C64 11
Apple II E 5
Apple IIGS 5
PS 3
NEC PC9801 3
NES 2
FM Towns 2
Mac OS Classic 2
Linux 2
PS2 1
Xbox 1
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos (MS-DOS)
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos
DOS 1993
Lands of Lore III (Windows)
Lands of Lore III
WIN 1999-03
Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny (MS-DOS)
Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny
DOS 1997-09
Dune II: Battle For Arrakis (Amiga OCS)
Dune II: Battle For Arrakis
OCS 1993
Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon (MS-DOS)
Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon
DOS 1991
Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon (Amiga OCS)
Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon
OCS 1992
Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis (MS-DOS)
Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis
DOS 1992
Eye of the Beholder (MS-DOS)
Eye of the Beholder
DOS 1991
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (Windows)
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
WIN 1999-08-27
Command & Conquer: Red Alert (MS-DOS)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
DOS 1996
The Lion King (MS-DOS)
The Lion King
DOS 1994
Eye of the Beholder (Amiga OCS)
Eye of the Beholder
OCS 1991

Westwood Studios best rated games

Command & Conquer1996sat
Command & Conquer: Red Alert1996win
Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge2001win
Command & Conquer: Red Alert1996dos
Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon1991dos
Command & Conquer1996ps1
The Lion King1994dos
Dune II: Battle For Arrakis1993ocs
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation1998ps1
Resident Evil1996win

Westwood Studios worst games

Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus1988dos
Temple of Apshai Trilogy1986ocs
Battletech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception1989c64
Temple of Apshai Trilogy1986st
Dragon Strike1990c64

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